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A male Stagmomomantis limbata, as identified by mantis expert Lohit Garikipati, a UC Davis student who rears mantids, stretches in the passionflower vine. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bug Squad: Article

The Predator and the Prey: Just Wing It!

September 13, 2018
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Judge: "Will the defendant please rise?" The defendant, a praying mantis--a male Stragmomantis limbata--rises solemnly, stretching his spiked forelegs.
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Weeds bordering avocado orchard
UC Weed Science (weed control, management, ecology, and minutia): Article

New class of herbicides?

September 13, 2018
By Ben A Faber
From the Topics in Subtropics blog A garden can be a competitive environment. Plants and unseen microorganisms in the soil all need precious space to grow. And to gain that space, a microbe might produce and use chemicals that kill its plant competitors.
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Shirley Luckhart, ESA Founders' Memorial Award recipient
Entomology & Nematology News: Article

Shirley Luckhart to Deliver ESA's Founders' Memorial Award Lecture

September 13, 2018
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Molecular biologist Shirley Luckhart, a former UC Davis professor who joined the University of Idaho faculty and administration in 2017, has been selected to deliver the Founders' Memorial Award Lecture at Entomology 2018, the joint annual meeting of the Entomological Societies of America, Canada, a...
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Glenn County: Article

California Dairy Newsletter - September 2018

September 13, 2018
Heat Stress Impact on Cows.... 1 Forage Nutrient Yields............. 2 Sorghum Characteristics.......... 3 New Soils Advisor................... 4 Reducing Methane Emissions.. 5 Survey on Antibiotic Use.........
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Female structures with dangling yellow spores
Nursery and Flower Grower: Article

Liverworts everywhere, and here's why (continued)

September 12, 2018
By Steven A Tjosvold
Spores are key to the success of the liverwort Spores are derived from sexual recombination, which provides the mechanism for new adaptations to the nursery and greenhouse environment. A single female reproductive structure produces thousands of spores. They are very tiny (less than 3.
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